Councilman Brad Lander, who has been looking into legislation to ban plastic bags from the city, will be the keynote speaker at the rally. Other big cities such as San Franciso and Seattle have already set the precedent on plastic bag ban legislation.

“When you see more plastic bags than birds in branches of many city trees, the urgency of this issue is clear,” Mr. Lander told theDaily News.

The No Impact Project is asking store owners to participate in their initiative by requiring store patrons to pay for plastic bags or by only providing paper bag options.

Many people use plastic bags for garbage disposal. That practice has been necessitated by the lack of specific times for garbage pickup---especially the recycling--and the possibility that a homeowner will be ticketed if someone dropos garbage in the wrong container. How will this problem be addressed if plastic bags are to be banned?